Definition of avert

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Avert (v. i.) To turn away.

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Beaverteen :: Beaverteen (n.) A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing..
Forfend :: Forfend (v. t.) To prohibit; to forbid; to avert.
Deprecatory :: Deprecatory (a.) Serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic.
Forefend :: Forefend (v. t.) To hinder; to fend off; to avert; to prevent the approach of; to forbid or prohibit. See Forfend.
Travertine :: Travertine (n.) A white concretionary form of calcium carbonate, usually hard and semicrystalline. It is deposited from the water of springs or streams holding lime in solution. Extensive deposits exist at Tivoli, near Rome..
Avert :: Avert (n.) To turn aside, or away; as, to avert the eyes from an object; to ward off, or prevent, the occurrence or effects of; as, how can the danger be averted? To avert his ire..
Averted :: Averted (imp. & p. p.) of Aver.
Avertible :: Avertible (a.) Capable of being averted; preventable.
Averruncation :: Averruncation (n.) The act of averting.
Avertiment :: Avertiment (n.) Advertisement.
Depulsory :: Depulsory (a.) Driving or thrusting away; averting.
Averter :: Averter (n.) One who, or that which, averts..
Talisman :: Talisman (n.) Hence, something that produces extraordinary effects, esp. in averting or repelling evil; an amulet; a charm; as, a talisman to avert diseases..
Averruncate :: Averruncate (v. t.) To avert; to ward off.
Defray :: Defray (v. t.) To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath..
Avert :: Avert (v. i.) To turn away.
Averted :: Averted (a.) Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious..
Charm :: Charm (n.) Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
Averting :: Averting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Aver.
Paragrandine :: Paragrandine (n.) An instrument to avert the occurrence of hailstorms. See Paragr/le.
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